Jean-Pierre Duprey
Jean-Pierre Duprey (1 January 1930, in Rouen – 2 October 1959, in Paris) was a French poet and sculptor, one of the modern examples of a poète maudit (accursed poet). Duprey said "I, I shouldn't have got stuck in this galaxy!" André Breton, fascinated by the darkness and imagery in Duprey's poetry, invited the author to Paris in 1948. Duprey's books are not a celebration of death, neither do they find comfort in thinking about it.
Also recorded as Jean Pierre Duprey · Jean-Pierre Albert Adolphe Duprey
Jean-Pierre Duprey
- Name
- Jean-Pierre Duprey
- Born
- 1 January 1930
- Died
- 2 October 1959
- Occupation
- Poet and sculptor
- Birthplace
- Rouen, France
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Nationality
- France
- Movements
- surrealism
- Languages
- French
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Jean-Pierre Duprey (1 January 1930, in Rouen – 2 October 1959, in Paris) was a French poet and sculptor, one of the modern examples of a poète maudit (accursed poet). Duprey said "I, I shouldn't have got stuck in this galaxy!" André Breton, fascinated by the darkness and imagery in Duprey's poetry, invited the author to Paris in 1948. Duprey's books are not a celebration of death, neither do they find comfort in thinking about it.
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All questions asked in the poems of his last book The End and the Means (1970) are left unanswered, but their author found a way somewhere "beyond" (Jouffroy, 1970, quoted in). He had a sense for scandals, too. One day he went to the grave of the Unknown Soldier by the Arc de Triomphe and urinated on the eternal flame for which he was arrested and beaten in the jail; later also taken to a mental hospital. Between 1951 and 1958 he did not write and concentrated on working on sculptures. He wrote his final book in 1959 and upon completion, he asked his wife to send the manuscript to Breton. When she returned from the post office, she found him dead; he had hanged himself in his studio.
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• Name — Jean-Pierre Duprey • Born — 1 January 1930 • Died — 2 October 1959 • Occupation — Poet and sculptor • Birthplace — Rouen, France • Place of death — Paris, France
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1930
Jean-Pierre Duprey born at Rouen.
1959
Jean-Pierre Duprey died at Paris.
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- Jean-Pierre Duprey, Surrealist Painters and Poets, 2001
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2001
- Jean-Pierre Duprey, The International Encyclopedia of Surrealism, 2019
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2019
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3169249: Jean-Pierre Duprey
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- “Jean-Pierre Duprey”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Jean-Pierre Duprey, Surrealist Painters and Poets, 2001Crossref registry
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The authorities additionally record the headings Jean Pierre Duprey and Jean-Pierre Albert Adolphe Duprey. His recorded language was French. Recorded as poet, sculptor and painter.
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